Yuexiu District
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Yuexiu District is a district in Guangzhou
, Guangdong
, China. It was located at the west of Tianhe District and the east of Liwan District
. It was the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong province. The area is famous for its high quality education. The Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou city government are both located in Yuexiu District. The district was established in 1960, and merged with Dongshan District in 2005.
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, China. It was located at the west of Tianhe District and the east of Liwan District
Liwan District
-History:Formerly named Xiguan, Liwan District was named after "Lizhiwan", which is derived from poem of "a bay of green water and red litchis along both banks". It covers an area of 16.2 km² and has a permanent population of about 540,000 and a permanent nonnative population of over 200,000...
. It was the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong province. The area is famous for its high quality education. The Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou city government are both located in Yuexiu District. The district was established in 1960, and merged with Dongshan District in 2005.